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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

More Fun at the Beaches

It’s obvious now that gulls are back on the move – whether
that’s short-term movements of juvenile birds to the beaches, mid-distance
movements of adult Herring Gulls to adjacent coasts of France or the longer
flights of the first departing adult LBBGs to Iberia. This makes it the start
of another very exciting time of year for studying gulls here in Guernsey. This
morning I found juvenile locally colour ringed gulls from all three species on
the northern beaches, as well as a noticeable increase in GBBG numbers (which
included one English-ringed, one Norwegian ringed and two French-ringed birds –
all of which are known to visit Guernsey on their wanderings in the English
Channel).